A free-kick goal from Elaine Eliadis with 15 seconds left in overtime Sunday gave NIU a thrilling 1-0 victory over Akron. Eliadis stood 25 yards out, with only one thought on her mind when she readied to kick. "Just get it on the frame," Eliadis said....

Just like the recent storms that filled our once parched rain gauges, the NIU women’s soccer team wants their winless drought to end. The Huskies (2-5-2 overall, 0-2 MAC) continue conference play at 4 p.m. today against Ohio (3-5, 1-1), and at 1 p.m....

Sophomore forward Karen Enockson leads the NIU women’s soccer team in scoring. The Northern Star sat down with the St. Charles native and talked about everything from playing soccer as a kid to her favorite music and tried to figure out why soccer players...

The NIU women’s soccer team opened MAC conference play with a pair of losses this weekend at Huskies Soccer Field. Bowling Green State University posted a 3-1 victory on Friday, and the University of Toledo posted a heart-breaking 1-0 overtime victory...

It’s been almost 20 days since the NIU women’s soccer team’s last win, a 1-0 victory at DePaul Sept. 4. The Huskies since have been forced to settle for a tie and two losses, but coach Marci Miller’s motto will remain the same going into the first...

The late summer sun rays were plentiful, the smell of charcoal inundated your sense of smell and gray smoke caught a ride on the gentle breeze and billowed through the air. A plethora of activities surround a college football game. Except this weekend,...

The women’s soccer team (2-3-1) hosts rival Illinois State University (3-1-1) in the final match of the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational this weekend at Huskie Soccer Field. NIU suffered two straight shutout defeats over the weekend at the Creighton...

An undefeated start has the NIU men’s soccer team listed as No. 6 in Midwest Regional Soccer Rankings. Coach Steve Simmons’ squad looks to add to its 3-0-1 record this weekend as NIU hosts the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational. Chris VanDuerm and company...

The NIU men’s soccer team saved its best for last Friday night. An overtime goal by Chris VanDuerme gave NIU a 3-2 victory over rival Western Illinois. The sudden-death goal came at 94:11. In a hard-fought see-saw battle that saw five yellow cards issued,...

A prime-time showdown under the lights awaits the NIU women’s soccer team. Sporting a 2-1-1 record, the Huskies will travel to Omaha, Nebraska for two games in this weekend’s Bluejay Classic tournament hosted by Creighton University. NIU squares off...

The late-afternoon sun pours over the thick green grass of the soccer practice field. Pulsating in the minds of all within earshot is "Hail to the Victors," the Michigan fight song, blasting over the speakers at nearby Huskie Stadium. Positioned in the...

It was a tale of two halves on Friday night at Huskie field for the NIU women’s soccer team. NIU launched a furious rally to tie the game, but couldn’t hang on, losing to Wright State in the 83rd minute 3-2. The first half was all Wright State, as...